Snapshots as a tab in HTML5 vSphere client

[Masnakifla]

Snapshot management is a pain in HTML5 version. Snapshots need to be put where they belong, in a separate tab with easy overview.

[Masnakifla]

I guess in our company, we have very special workflows, since no one is interested in this

Still, not sure why degradation in functionality in Flash -> HTML5 was called for.

[aejgd]

Snapshot management in HTML5 with multiple VDI parent images is a major pain without the snapshots tab. I used to just run down the list to make sure all the parent snapshots were updated - this now requires multiple clicks to bring up a different screen where in the flash version going from one parent to the next just remains on the snapshots tab. What used to take 5 seconds now isn't even possible without navigating to a different screen. Creating, comparing, or deleting snapshots etc can be frustrating when it used to be easy - I think that the most frustrating part is that they actually reduced functionality slightly. This is also true when auditing VMs to ensure old snapshots have been removed etc....

[dlmeade]

Add another request to bring this tab back.  We periodically check for orphaned snapshots and now this task will take much longer.

[rbeckwith]

This is VERY annoying. I put off using the HTML5 version because of this but now the Flash version is not accessible so I'm forced to use HTML5. I used the snapshot tab on a daily basis in the Flash version. Please bring it back

[Arvind_Kumar11]

Snapshot tab is available in HTML5 client too. I'm using vSphere 7.0 not sure if earlier versions had it.

[jonmkohler]

100% agree!

[scottIBM]

I avoided the HTML version for this very reason.  Reverting 100+ systems to various snapshot levels is excruciating when compared to the simplicity of the Flash version.

The HTML version is severely crippled without this feature.

[vbondzio]

vCenter 7 U1 has been out for nearly 3 month. Unless there are any interoperability concerns with other software, it is time to upgrade to vSphere 7.

[scottIBM]

Thanks for the update, I inquired on this and found out due to licensing changes in Vsphere this won't be happening any time soon.

Would be great to see this feature ported into 6.x!

[pdirmann01]

I was going to say...I'm running vCenter 7.0U1C and "Snapshots" is there. Wasn't sure what I was missing from the conversation. 🙂